A virulent virus has hit the dance website community, among others. It will come from someone you know with a title that makes some sense.

The 6 versions i have received to date are all large, about 200k. If you open the attached file in the e-mail, the virus attacks your e-mail list, finds a recent e-mail to provide a heading and then sends an e-mail with the virus to all those in your address book.

This is a widespread virus that is hitting the arts community hard.<P>Here are some hints to help identify the virus:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>This worm arrives as an email message with the following content:<P>Subject: The subject of the email will be random, and will be the same as the file name of the attachment in the email.<BR>Message: The message body will be semi-random, but will always contain one of the following two lines (either English or Spanish) as the first and last sentences of the message.<P>Spanish Version:<BR>First line: Hola como estas ?<BR>Last line: Nos vemos pronto, gracias.<P>English Version:<BR>First line: Hi! How are you?<BR>Last line: See you later. Thanks<P>Between these two sentences, some of the following text may appear:<P>Spanish Version:<BR>Te mando este archivo para que me des tu punto de vista<BR>Espero me puedas ayudar con el archivo que te mando<BR>Espero te guste este archivo que te mando<BR>Este es el archivo con la informaci=n que me pediste<P>English Version:<BR>I send you this file in order to have your advice<BR>I hope you can help me with this file that I send<BR>I hope you like the file that I sendo you<BR>This is the file with the information that you ask for<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It's still very much around. This morning I have recieved some 8 copies from 'mandychen' using a language that my PC dodn't recognize. They went straight in the bin but not before these 215k files had filled my mail box. Some e-mails to me may have bounced back. <P><B>Later</B> Just received another beaut from the unfortunate virus-ridden mandychen, which was a mailbox busting 10,000k!! She's on my filter list now. <P><B>Later still</B> mandychen has clearly got the hots for me. I am receiving 2 or 3 of these virus e-mails every hour. Is anyone else getting this repeated version. <P><BR><p>[This message has been edited by Stuart Sweeney (edited July 25, 2001).]

I got this - but it seemed to be French...the screen name was Steven_Shevelev@horacemann.org. <P>I have blocked it...but what was interesting is that Horace Mann is the name of the middle school my son went to - coincidence, I suppose.

Basheva, unfortunately, blocking the names isn't a solution. The virus works by going through a person's mailbox and sending messages from that email address without the owner being aware. So it is very possible that you may get the virus from azlan@criticaldance.com or any of your friends. It is also very possible that I may get a virus from orzak@aol.com, without you being aware of it. In fact, the first emails I got containing the virus were from admin@criticaldance.com and Salzberg's personal email address. The emails were automatically sent without the owners' knowledge.<P>Insidious.

Well it looks as though mandy chen has had enough of me (add her name to a <B>very</B> long list).<P>But I have two new infected 'friends'. Here are their names and the file names:<P>"larry autrey" jayme1 <P>"Default" nyu-internal <BR>

May 19 — A new computer virus that masquerades as an e-mail from Microsoft Corp. technical support made its way around the globe on Monday, infecting computers in 89 countries. Antivirus firms issued several warnings about the Internet worm after it hit dozens of corporations. UK-based MessageLabs said it stopped some 51,000 copies of the program headed for clients.

Internet users should update their antivirus software to protect against the worm. In the meantime, users should be skeptical of any unsolicited e-mail allegedly from Microsoft which arrives with one of the the following subject lines: Your details Approved (Ref: 38446-263) Re: Approved (Ref: 3394-65467) Your password Re: My details Screensaver Cool screensaver Re: Movie Re: My application The attached file can have one of the following names: movie28.pif application.pif ref-394755.pif approved.pif doc_details.pif your_details.pif screen_temp.pif screen_doc.pif password.pif Only Windows users are at risk of infection.

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